Quote Originally Posted by Biggs View Post
No, your definitly not Nostradamus, cause I am pretty sure that guy could read. You said in your first response to me that no one is going to play this once they start charging. You then turn around and say that you stopped playing for year but came back to try it out. So if your willing to do so, you don't think others are as well? I think this last patch was a significant improvement to the game as a whole and that, given a few more patches like it, this game could easily be turned around. The fact remains, SE has made 2 MMO's now that include both PC and Console players playing together, something that very few (if any) MMO producers try to do. This would indicate to me at least that they see BOTH demographics as equal scources of income. And a good indication that SE isn't trying to encourage new players would be the total lack of advertising as well as the producer saying, multiple times I might add, that the game is still in the process of being redeveloped. And yes actually, I do think this could sell as many copies if not more than the PC version did. I talk to players and see posts all the time about people still waiting for this to hit the Ps3 so they can play with their friends. Time will tell I guess, but just because I don't work for SE doesn't mean I can't deduce from blatant evidence what their current intention is.

Edit: And when I say advertising, I mean internet adds. I certainly don't have any delusion about this suddenly blowing up all over TV.
I exaggerated that point. I'm not delusional. I know people will come back to the game, but if you're expecting this game to have a big turn around, I think you're going to be sorely disappointed. I've seen many bad MMO launches, and the general consensus in the industry is that a bad launch is crippling. That's notion has held true for XIV so far. SE finds themselves in a peculiar situation in that they have an opportunity to have a "relaunch" of sorts, and I'm very curious to see how that goes because it's not happened in the industry before.

You honestly believe this game has the ability to sell 600,000 copies on the PS3? Personally, I don't think this game has the ability to retain 600,000 players across both platforms. I don't think FFXI, even when it was popular, had 600,000 subscribers. That doesn't mean the game is a failure though. An MMO doesn't need to have millions of subscribers to be a success. Games like FFXI and EVE Online are perfect examples of that.